Security and the Elections
We couldn't have chosen a much worse timing for this trip. The day we leave Kenya is the first election in about six or seven years. One of the leading candidates Uhuru and his deputy are both going before the Hague in April on charges of Human Rights violations as a result of the last election. They are charged with inciting violence and taking advantage of tribal tensions. There was a lot of violence as a result of that election and already violence this time. We do have a friend of a friend at the US Embassy who's been giving us personal advice on where to go and not go. Kenya is already one of the most crime ridden and corrupt countries in the world. Expats, including Ella and Ken, live in a double gated community. There is a gate at the entrance to their neighborhood, low security actually. Then there is a high security gate at the entrance to their apartment compound. Strangers are vetted through the phones to be sure they really are deliverin...